• SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Only if you were on a call already. I had it happen a couple of times to me back then. “Call me back in a minute!” I’d call back and they had already picked the phone up.

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      3 days ago

      Was it different in other parts of the world or something? When I was growing up, if you could hear a dial tone, incoming calls would receive a busy signal.

    • jaybone@lemmy.zip
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      4 days ago

      How far back in the day are we talking about? Like back when the entire street shared a single line?